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Maryland  in  cha 
Conf  Pam  q#107 

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hx  Chains, 


BY   MRS.    D.    K.    WHITAKER, 

Of  South  Carolina. 


(  Hi  vain  is  the  splendor  of  blue-curtained  skies, 
The  pomp  of  tall  forests  thai  'round  one  arise  ; 
The  rich  gol  len  harvests  adorning  each  plain, 
Thrice  beautiful  land— thy  beauties  are  vain! 

Derided,  insulted,  and  falsely  betrayed, 
On  thee — the  foul  grasp  of  tyranny  laid  ; 
Astonished  the  nations  behold  thy  disgraco, 
While  robbed  and  oppressed  by  o  vile  Northern  race. 

Where  now  is  that  spirit  heroic  which  gave 

Thy  country  its  fame,  thy  warriors  a  grave  V 
Which  oeho>  I  o'or  Mexico's  blood-watorod  field, 

And  taught  every  foenian  to  By  or  to  yield! 

That  spirit  still  lives  in  the  heart  of  the  South. 
And  from  her  green  borders  a  voice  has  gone   forth  : 
Commanding  her  freemen  to  arm  for  the  strife, 
And  battle  for  Liberty,  Honor,  and  Life  ! 

Then  welcome  the  clarion's  far  pealing  sound. 
And  the  war-r  mrser's  neigh  as  he  tramples  the  ground. 
And  keen  be.  the  weapon  each  Southerner  draws 
While  defending  this  realm,  her  righto  and  hei  laws ! 

Endurance  is  WCftry      our  wrongs  cry  aloud, 
We  are  strangers  to  fear  ye  fanatic  crowd  ; 
Your  taunts  and  your  threats  alike  we  despise, 
Your  triumph  is  short  !  lo !  (he  South  doth  arise. 

Aye  rise  in  her  strength  like  the  Sun  in  his  pride, 
And  proudly  like  him  in  her  grandeur  abide, 
fur,  ttored  by  Union-  a  1  nion  ol  shame, 

Which  drain"  1  her  of  wealth,  and  despoiled  hcrof  fame 


Richmond  Examiner,   Vnu  14,   1861. 


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